30th
APR
Consumers Reluctant to Switch to Vista
Published by Omkar Joshi | Filed under Microsoft, Windows, Vista
Harris Interactive has recently released a study of US consumers’ intentions about purchasing Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista. Last December the number saying that they would wait till upgrading was 31 percent, however the latest figures in March have more than doubled to 67 percent.
The Harris Interactive poll asked consumers about their intention to upgrade or switch their primary home PC to Windows Vista within the next 12 months. Of those surveyed 60 percent of the 2 223 adults said Vista would have no impact on when they would make their next PC purchase.
Before Vista’s consumer launch in late January, the number of people aware of Vista was a mere 47 percent of those surveyed, compared with 87 percent post-launch. This indicated Microsoft’s marketing had been very effective in raising Vista awareness, however sales remained low.
Milton Ellis, vice president of Harris Interactive Technology Group, said in a statement, “In order to generate that ‘Wow’ factor, Microsoft will have to put forth a value proposition that will move the majority to the upgrade category in the years ahead. Vista promised better performance, reliability, security and a revolutionary user interface-but it appears consumers looking to upgrade are not ready to buy into the promise, whereas new computer buyers will want the latest and greatest.”
7th
APR
Windows Vista Just a False Sense of Security
Published by Omkar Joshi | Filed under Microsoft, Windows, Security, Vista, Spyware, Virus, Trojan, Antivirus, Rootkit, Windows Live OneCare
Microsoft has endowed Vista’s kernel with highly restricted access, in a bid to improve security in its new operating system. This extra security has succeeded in locking out hackers, malware purveyors and has apparently locked out security software as well.
Competing security software manufacturers say Vista’s security system alone is not enough to protect users from threats. Security firm, Webroot Software reported in January that its security testing of Vista revealed significant holes in its security shields. The tests showed Vista to have ineffective blocking capabilities and weak antivirus capabilities in the default anti-spyware and antivirus components within Vista. Webroot also found problems in Microsoft’s Live OneCare security suite.
Webroot said Windows Defender failed to block 84 percent of a testing sample set that included 15 of the most common variations of existing spyware and malware. On top of this, Windows Defender did not perform at the level of many third-party security applications.
Webroot also said that Windows Vista allowed a variety of threats to get through its security shields and remain undetected on its testing environment. These threats included adware, potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), system monitors, key loggers and Trojans. These results come after Windows Live OneCare recently came last in a recent online comparative test of antivirus applications.
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